The first thing you see after your entry into Disneyland, and Uncle Walt's favorite attraction to operate and ride on also.

:::>The 'Disneyland Railroad'. This slightly smaller scale steam train circles the Disneyland Park making stops at four stations for loading and unloading, or just stay on and discuss your family's attack plan for the day..."All Aboard".

Hmmm... while the Tommorowland Transit Authority is a great answer, I'm going to pick two rides at Hersheypark.1) The Trailblazer. It's the tamest non-kiddie coaster in the world, but for some reason I still love it.2) The Chocolate World Tour. Where can you get free sweets after a ride?

By the way Anthony, the first inverted coaster ever was actually The Bat at King's Island.

I gotta agree with several others: Carousel of Progress is THE can't miss attraction at the Magic Kingdom. And unlike so many other "rides" it has stood the test of time. COP is a masterpiece that is often overlooked by the masses in search of their next 2 & 1/2 minute thrill ride.

Honorable mention must go to Corkscrew Hill at Busch Gardens Williamsburg. I have no idea why this attraction often gets such a bad rap when it is easily one of the best, most original simulator rides I have ever visited.

Gotta agree with the old-school attractions of the Carousel of Progress at MK and the Enchanted Tiki Room at Disneyland. Dinosaur is my favorite WDW ride and deserves to be up there with Tower of Terror and Expedition Everest in terms of top rides at the resort. Living with the Land at Epcot and The Great Movie Ride at DHS come to mind as well and of course the late great Back to the Future at Universal(RIP).

I'm going to go ahead and say that Cedar Point's Blue Streak is underrated. It's a fun, old woodie with TONS of airtime. You spend nearly the entire ride out of your seat. On top of it, it's not painfully rough like the other woodie lurking in the back of the park.

I just really don't understand how someone could suggest Mean Streak is overrated. That thing is downright brutal in a way that it shouldn't be. Yes, wooden coasters aren't exactly smooth-as-glass. But they also shouldn't leave riders in pain for the remainder of the day...or week. Even retracking didn't help that monster of a coaster. It looks beautiful but that's about all that's appealing about MS anymore.

I haven't really looked at attractions as underrated as much as I have overrated, but I'd say pretty much all racing woodies are underrated, even though there are 4, I think, Kings Island's Racer, American Eagle, Colossus, Kennywood's Racer (?)

And to correct the person several posts above, the Bat was the first suspended coaster. Batman was the first inverted. Raging Bull was not the first hyper, that was Magnum XL-200

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Published: November 6, 2009 at 6:02 AM

I gotta go with Carousel of Progress as well. I have only been to MK twice in my life and both times really enjoyed the ride.

TTA would get my vote for most underrated. That is my must ride everytime I hit up Magic Kingdom.

Here are some of my runner-ups:

*Top Gun (oh excuse me...Afterburn *evil glare*) at Carowinds - Now I'm not trying to be a homer but I really enjoy this ride. I have ridden a lot of other inverts out there and our Top Gun is at the level or Raptor or Dueling Dragons (or whatever it's called now.)

*Dinosaur - I don't really here much buzz about this ride but I love it! There's barely any wait and it's def. a must ride.

*I also want to throw some love to Mission: Space. I feel that it's a fantastic attraction with a lot of reride-ability

Carousel of Progress by far. One huge positive to this along with being entertaining and informative is that it has air conditioning :-) Can't beat that on a hot Orlando day. Plus it is close to where they sell some turkey legs LOL.

Seriously though, I would have to say that MR TOADS was the best, well, mostly because I miss that ride terribly.

Since it is closed down, I will have to go with PETER PANS FLIGHT. Very creative ride design in that perspective is used like no other Disney ride to date or anything in development. Truly a concept that has never been repeated unfortunately and no other ride thats this low-tech has as much interaction with the themed sets and use of space to maximize the experience. The ceiling track, the pirateship cars, the blacklights, the "break the fourth wall" travel-through motion, and the non verbal story telling are most definately underrated.

Very kiddie, but very cool. All you adults, try it out again...its right across from "Small World". You will agree...plus, any ride with trippy blacklights and plenty of villians is all good by me...up, up and AWAAAAAAY!

I love the Carousel of Progress. It's a must do whenever I visit MK. It brings back fond memories because I still remember riding it at the 64/65 Worlds Fair in NYC. It was my favorite ride along with It's a Small World and seeing the Dinosaurs at the Ford Pavilion. The TTA is a great ride when you need to rest your feet or take a short nap.Especially now when you can see Space Mountain all lit up in the inside.

I love the Horror Make Up Show at Universal Orlando. Always funny and always changing the script to keep it fresh. Plus enough nods to adult humour to keep every one laughing - "it's a balloon - what else would it be?"

Universal Studios Florida - The Wild, Wild, Wild West Stunt Show featuring the greatest movie stuntman of all time FEEEEEEEEEELLLLLLLIXXXXXX CAAASSSSSSSIIIIIIIIIDDDDDDDDEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!

When I was working at UC, I would spend many a lunch in the bleachers watching this great show!

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Published: November 6, 2009 at 12:20 PM

I have to agree that Dinosaur is incredibly underrated. I know that many people will claim that it is inferior to its older cousin, Indiana Jones, which i agree with, but I rode this one first and it really is a great ride that is a lot of fun

I believe Dinosaur is the most underrated theme park attraction. It's unfortunate that it keeps getting compared to the legend that is the Indiana Jones ride, because Dinosaur is still, in my opinion, a top-notch attraction. It is my favorite ride in Animal Kingdom, and all of WDW. I have never seen better dinosaur animatronics, and the atmosphere on the ride is superb. Though it does share similarities with Indy, altogether it's a differen't adventure entirely, providing a fun experince.

Chester and Hester's DinoRama. I've also liked the tacky and cheap feel of that are of AK. It provides a very comical backstory as opposed to the more "stuck-up" Dino Institute. Highly underrated, though it could use an update and Primeval Whirl is a little under-par as a Disney attraction.

California Screamin' is pretty underrated. It's one of the best coasters I've ever ridden, smooth as glass, lots of thrills, long ride, etc. But it doesn't get the love it deserves because some Disney purists don't think it's themed enough.

Dinosaur is underrated because it keeps getting compared to Indy. Despite using the same ride system, this is apples and oranges, people. Completely different ride experience, and one of the best AA showcases ever.

Someone said Peter Pan is underrated; not really, since it's the most popular attraction in both the DL and MK Fantasylands.